Brice Figureau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > `postfix-2.0.6' has a minor security fix. > Actually this is not a security fix, but a feature. This is a > preventive fix to reduce to 250 characters malformed From: > addresses that could affect Sendmail. Postfix by itself is immune > to the last Sendmail security problem. Postfix's author decided > to add this feature so that Postfix could be installed on a mail > gateway in front of Sendmail boxes to protect them, thus leaving > time to upgrade those boxes from Sendmail to postfix ;-)
Ok. I was unsure if it was a security fix or not, and since Vincent Danen was not available for immediate answer (timezone difference) and on freshmeat the release target was marked "minor security fix", I took the freshmeat stuff for granted. > > http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/pkgs/postfix-2.0.6-1mdk.i586.rpm > I'll try it tomorrow. I'll let you know my results. Thanks! -- Guillaume Cottenceau - http://people.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/
